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I love you Mr. Zentner.

“At first I thought I was crying about the guilt I felt, and then I thought I was crying because I was misunder-stood, because I had gone into hiding and they had not found me; but really, as the day went by, I realised that I was crying about the inevitability of it all, the stretching distance between us, the feeling that my life had lost its anchor and was slipping out of my hands.” uff

I have been distracted but god, this lady is soooo talented. Such a good writer

This author’s writing feels so proper, so literary! I am loving this.

All this woman does is go from one place to another and barge into offices and ask questions…

I am liking itttt

Slow but luscious in its writing. Taking my time with it!

“For so long I had wanted to escape my family and become an adult, with full control over the way I lived, but now I feared that this instinct had become so strong that I would try to flee from every person I became close to, until the escape itself was the only thing that would satisfy me, and flight became my way of life.”

this boy so messy, he just like me fr

this book is my worst nightmare

If I’d learnt one thing from travelling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag, and it just happens.

Broad generalisation ik but it really do be like that when it does

Has an old-timey adventure feel to it!

Gabrielle Zevin, you are sooooooo gooodddddddd

There’s a certain Jhumpa Lahiri-esque silence to the characters of this novel

It was around then that I realized for the first time that falling in love is like being haunted.

bro is pro at yearning

It’s a combined mix of a fictional plot and the author’s lectures about writing. Let’s see how this one goes! I miss having a brain😭